questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to help tackle microplastic pollution originating from textiles.
answerText: Microplastics can enter the environment from several sources such as vehicle tyre wear, machine-washing clothes and from textiles themselves. Defra funded a rapid evidence assessment in 2022 to better understand the costs, benefits, and efficiencies of in...
heading: Microplastics: Pollution